All biofilm articles
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FeaturesUnder the microscope: extremophiles of the Earth
Extremophiles are microbial organisms that live in extreme environments normally considered uninhabitable. Over the past few decades, extremophiles have been discovered in increasingly bizarre and unexpected environments around the globe, including within acid lakes, plastic recycling centres and even in radioactive sites such as Chernobyl.
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NewsChemists pioneer metallodrug-antibiotic combination strategy to combat superbugs
A combination of different types of antibiotics with bismuth-based drugs, such as Pepto-Bismol, disrupts bacterial iron homeostasis, effectively restoring the bactericidal function of multiple antibiotics.
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NewsHarmful bacteria can elude predators when concealed in mixed colonies
Efforts to fight disease-causing bacteria by harnessing their natural predators could be undermined when multiple species occupy the same space, a new study has revealed.
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NewsStudy reveals how plague spreads through wild rodent populations
Mathematical modeling reveals how fleas with early-stage Yersinia pestis infections are insufficient to drive epizootic outbreaks but can help promote a low level of enzootic plague.
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CareersAMI internship leads Zoe down path of antimicrobial resistance
Zoe Dunphy undertook a lab internship in 2020 in Trinity College Dublin’s microbiology department, funded by an AMI Summer Studentship Grant. She reveals how that experience has developed her work on AMR.
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NewsFriendly virus found to attack harmful ringleader bacterium, Fusobacterium
Australian researchers have discovered a virus that attacks a prominent disease-causing bacterium—a “ringleader” that recruits harmful bacteria to cause periodontitis, and potentially helps cancer grow and spread.
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NewsNew method promotes biofilm formation and boosts efficiency of biocatalysis
Scientists in Birmingham have filed a patent for a new method to increase efficiency in biocatalysis.